Brenda Brissette-Mata

I never used to be much of a baseball fan, but in the last few years, I find myself more drawn to this all-American pastime. It started a few year ago when I got hooked watching baseball movies. Classics like “The Pride of the Yankees” with Gregory Peck and “The Babe” with John Goodman and even “Damn Yankees,” with Ray Walston. Who knew there was a musical about...

Warriors, Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Mohawks, and Chieftains are going to have to reconsider their mascot names and images if the Michigan Civil Rights Commission gets their way.   From Capac to Lansing, 35 schools have been warned that these names and/or images reinforce a negative stereotype of American Indians that negatively impacts student learning.  ...

You can talk about your fingers and your toes and all the other organs like kidneys, pancreas and the occasional gallbladder. But apparently using the word vagina is upsetting to some folks. Not just upsetting, but offensive. According to the Detroit News Rep. Mik...

Remember long distance charges? When my parents moved out of Michigan I waited to call them until after 7 p.m. when the rates were lower. Now I can call my mom anytime I want on my cellphone. I have unlimited minutes and unlimited long distance...

I need my kidneys right now, but when I'm done with them I hope someone else gets a chance to put them to good use. Same for my liver and corneas. I'm an organ donor, it's on my driver's license but today I thought I'd give Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg a hand and let all of you know via FB...

On nights when it gets below freezing I've been covering my blooming tulips with old sheets. I think I'll stick to the plain colored ones, waking up to Smurfs all over the tulips is a little too weird. Of course looking at those Smurfs makes me think of all the Smurf toys my kids used to collect, toys that are in now stashed in boxes in the basement, which makes me think that the basement needs to

I miss writing on hard-boiled eggs with those ridiculous wax pencils and then dipping them into cups with pellets of color that smell like vinegar. I miss wrapping baskets in transparent colored paper with bright ribbons. It's no fun buying stuff for grown up kids, they want gas cards, not jump ropes...

Albert Florence of New Jersey was a passenger in the family car being driven by his wife, when they were stopped by a New Jersey state trooper. The officer found that Florence had a warrant for an outstanding fine. Florence said he paid the fine...

My Facebook page (friend me if you haven't already) lit up this morning with comments from riders who seem perfectly happy keeping their heads helmeted while riding. Governor Rick Snyder may have the opportunity to sign a bill that would repeal the state's helmet law for motorcyclists age 21 and older...

We've come a long way baby. I think. In 1952, Lucille Ball announced to the world (via her crazy, whacky TV personality Lucy Riccardo) that she was expecting. CBS would not let her use the word pregnant. Fast forward ... and I do mean fast ...